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From the introduction: “Learning Web Standards just got easier. Opera’s new Web Standards Curriculum is a complete course to teach you standards-based web development, including HTML, CSS, design principles and background theory, and JavaScript basics. It already has support from many organizations (including Yahoo! and the Web Standards Project) and universities. The first 23 articles are currently available, with about 30 more to be published between now and late September.”

This is excellent news. Hopefully it will lead to a better web. If you run a consulting company this could be a compulsory course for GUI developers.

The Swedish National Guidelines for Public Sector Websites takes an integrated approach to usability, accessibility and standardization. The purpose of the Guidelines is to support the procurement, development, and maintenance of a website by a public administration so that it offers equal opportunity usage for all citizens.Â The 2006 version has now been translated to english.

Quoting from the announcement: “The Guidelines are divided into chapters which can be read separately depending on the readerâ€™s role and responsibilities. The order of the chapters is intended to mirror the lifecycle of a website.

Chapter 1Â covers the overall communications objectives of a website, which should be used as the basis for its development.

Chapter 2Â presents the development process as steps towards a defined objective.

Chapters 4 and 5Â describe the basic content and services a website should provide, giving additional information on how to write for web-based media as well as methods for keeping the website up to date.